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The timeline of Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall

Sam Bankman-Fried went from cryptocurrency golden boy to the face of the industry’s collapse. The founder and former CEO of the massive cryptocurrency exchange FTX was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after being convicted of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors. The collapse… Read More

The next state to seek parental permission for TikTok users is…

Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to Senate Bill 351, which also would ban social media use on school devices and internet services, require porn sites to verify… Read More

Facebook to kill its ‘News’ tab by early April

Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics. The feature was shut down in the U.K., France and Germany last year. Launched in 2019, the News tab curated headlines from national and international news… Read More

Top Dem governor wants you to take illegal immigrants into your house

by Frank Holmes, reporter   How would you like to bring a liberal policy mistake into your house? A Democrat with presidential aspirations would like to give you just that chance.   Demonstrating how out of touch the Democratic Party has become, one of the Democrats’ top presidential prospects has introduced a… Read More

Joe Biden nixed this 1 word from his vocabulary

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke at an event in North Carolina, and he used the term “Bidenomics.” “Leading economists aren’t making much fun of ‘Bidenomics’ anymore,” Biden alleged. “They’re thinking maybe it works!” Biden hadn’t publicly used the term “Bidenomics” since Jan. 25, more than two months ago. Sponsored:… Read More

US Census makes a 27-year change on Thursday

For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. The revisions to the minimum categories on… Read More

MLB’s Wander Franco placed on leave through May amid sex abuse probe

Tampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association while the investigation continues in an alleged relationship with a minor. Administrative leave is not disciplinary under the sport’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and… Read More

NCAA president speaks up about sports betting

In the midst of March Madness, the NCAA is pushing for states with legal wagering on sporting events to ban prop bets on college athletes. “Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to student-athletes getting… Read More

Joe Biden just got a $25 million assist from Bill Clinton

President Joe Biden may be unpopular with voters, but he seems well-liked among another constituency, the donors. Now, the president is pandering to his well-moneyed constituency by trotting out two Democrat predecessors: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Biden’s re-election campaign is staging a fundraiser Thursday in New York City’s glitzy… Read More